Pete, who lives in Thornaby, said: “We were aiming to raise £17,000 this year, and we’ve just hit £100,000 since the group started.

“It’s a landmark for working class lads like ourselves.

“It was the main walk this year, and it was about getting people off the settee and keeping them fit.

“We think it was the biggest group to ever walk that route.”

Pete, 46, set up Boro Walkers alongside friend Paul Randall, 51, says the money raised through the Whitby to Saltburn walk will be split between four charities: Autism support charity Main, The Gleneagles Resource Centre, Stockton MS Group and James Cook University Hospital’s Neonatal Unit.